Outstanding article, Daniel! Lucid, zesty, eloquent, actionable.

Thanks for this primer and your extremely accessible writing!

My reverence of our part-fragile, mostly-resillient human body is mostly due to recently reading Bill Bryson's unputdownable "The Body". Some takeaways from it: 50% of us will have cancer at some point. Race is 2mm of the epidermis. We are born 100% human; we die 98% alien. Stretching out our DNA would take us beyond Pluto. Bones produce hormones. We used to die of hunger and malnutrition, we now die of overindulgence and lifestyle. Evidence suggests having good and loving relationships physically alters your DNA. Not having any, doubles your risk of dying from any cause.

I'd be delighted if you'd read my article of tangential thoughts and let me know what you think!

https://medium.com/illumination/my-body-is-a-temple-of-doom-7d0bf34ece07